In a significant development in cybersecurity, a new variant of the notorious Mirai botnet—dubbed “Mukashi”—is actively exploiting a newly discovered critical vulnerability affecting network-attached storage (NAS) devices. This attack aims to remotely compromise and commandeer vulnerable machines, reflecting an escalation…
A serious vulnerability has been uncovered in Oracle’s enterprise identity management system, posing risks of severe exploitation by remote, unauthenticated attackers. This flaw, identified as CVE-2017-10151, has been given the highest possible CVSS score of 10, indicating it is both…
Governance & Risk Management Presented by ISMG 60 The cybercrime landscape is projected to escalate into a $10.5 trillion industry by 2025, with an annual growth rate of about 15%. Once primarily a concern for large enterprises, mid-sized businesses are…
Coupang data breach: Culprit identified, all customers’ leaked data deleted In a significant security incident, Coupang, a leading South Korean e-commerce platform, has encountered a severe data breach that has compromised the personal information of over 33 million customers. On…
Recent advisories from the maintainers of ownCloud have revealed three critical vulnerabilities within their open-source file-sharing software that could lead to unauthorized access, data modification, and exposure of sensitive information. These vulnerabilities pose significant risks to users and require immediate…
Malicious Campaign Targeting MS-SQL Servers Discovered by Researchers Cybersecurity experts have identified a prolonged malicious campaign that has been active since May 2018, focusing on Windows machines equipped with MS-SQL servers. The campaign, named “Vollgar” after the Vollar cryptocurrency it…
In a troubling development for the retail sector, Forever 21 has announced a payment card data breach affecting its customers. The Los Angeles-based fast-fashion retailer revealed that hackers managed to access payment card information from various store locations, posing a…
Cryptocurrency Fraud , Finance & Banking , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Also: Trader Loses $50M in USDT Due to Address Poisoning Scam Rashmi Ramesh (@rashmiramesh_) • December 25, 2025 Image: Shutterstock This week, the Information Security Media Group provides a…
Dec 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Financial Crime Recent findings from TRM Labs reveal that encrypted vault backups compromised in the 2022 LastPass data breach have been exploited by cybercriminals to access crypto assets, particularly due to the use of…
Emergence of the Dark_Nexus IoT Botnet: A New Threat to Cybersecurity Cybersecurity experts have unveiled a sophisticated new IoT botnet known as “dark_nexus,” which is leveraging compromised smart devices to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. This emerging threat can be…
